Public Sector Employment in Scotland Statistics for 4th Quarter 2012

The statistics in this release are based on administrative records and surveys of individual public sector bodies carried out by the Scottish Government and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The publication includes information on public sector employment in Scotland with distinctions made for employment in devolved bodies and reserved bodies (located in Scotland).


Table 11: Reserved civil service employment; Scotland, Full-time equivalent

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Reserved Civil Service
Total Reserved
Civil Service
Ministry of Defence HM Revenue
and Customs
Department for
Work and Pensions
Department for
International
Development
Scotland
Office
Other Civil
Service
Q4 2006 33,000 6,600 10,700 12,500 500 50 2,600
Q4 2007 30,900 6,400 10,000 11,300 500 60 2,700
Q4 2008 30,500 5,900 10,100 9,900 500 60 4,200
Q4 2009 31,100 5,800 9,300 11,500 400 70 4,000
Q4 2010 28,500 5,500 8,600 10,300 500 60 3,600
Q4 2011 27,600 4,900 8,700 9,400 500 70 4,000
Q4 2012 26,100 4,100 8,200 10,500 500 70 2,700
Change on year to:
Q4 2012 -1,500 -800 -500 1,100 0 0 -1,300
% change on year:
Q4 2012 -5.5% -16.7% -5.9% 11.9% 10.6% -5.9% -33.2%

Notes:
1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest hundred, with the exception of the Scotland Office figures which are rounded to the nearest ten. Percentages are based on unrounded figures.

2. From Q3 2012 DWP includes CMEC staff. From Q4 2008 Staff, employed in the Child Support Agency within DWP, transferred to the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC). CMEC is an Non-Departmental Public Body. However, CMEC staff were included in the 'Other Civil Service' category as staff have retained their civil service contracts. From Q3 2012 CMEC staff have moved into DWP again.

3. Where the change on the year is less than 50 this rounds to '0'.

4. Detailed tables showing a full time series of data - all quarters back to Q1 1999 - are available to download from the Public Sector Employment Websection:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Labour-Market/PublicSectorEmployment

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